On Sunday, March 27th, The Rhode Island Computer Museum effected the
rescue of a large Wang VS-8460 system from Wall Street, New York City.
Initiated by a referral from Lee Courtney and Dag Spicer at the
Computer Museum History Centre in California, the system was made
available through Garry Sprong, Edythe Childs and Steven Gorman of AIG
Insurance.
Scheduling and loading assistance were provided by Bob Bergen, Gabriel
Duque and Jack Calandra, Manager H.R.I.S. Operations. Also
appreciated was the assistance of Chester from building services.
Dan Berman, Geoff Rochat, Peter Rochat, Ron Fraser and Merle Peirce
formed the museum rescue team. The complete system was loaded with
minimal effort and filled the rental truck. The Rhode
Island-Gotham-Rhode Island turn was completed in only eleven hours.
The system is in good running condition and has Wang VS operating System
version 7.21.09
Qty Model Number Description
1 VS 8460 CP12 - 16MB Memory CPU
1 VS-SCU-PCT System Control Unit IOC
3 23V97W WangNet ControLr IOC
1 23V98-4 SMD Disk IOC
2 70V98E-4 Caching Disk IOC
1 23V95-2 Telex Tape IOC
4 23V67 Modular Serial IOC
1 16 Port 270-1004 Multi Line T. C.
3 US-6550A TC Controllers
17 270-0975 TP-APA
16 EAPA
DISK DRIVE
1 2265V-2 288MB Removable Disk Drive
1 24" MASS Storage Rack with Disks
1 2276V-1 76MB Removable Add-on Disk
4 2268V4R 442MB Fixed
1 2268V6D 1.0GB Fixed
1 289-1986 650MB Fixed
TAPE DRIVES
1 2248V-1 Tri-density Tape Drive - Master
1 2248V-1.5 Tri-density Tape Drive - Slave
PRINTERS
2 5575 1100 LPM Band
Printer (DP only) 1 LM900
900 LPM Matrix Printer
1 LCS15 Laser Composition System 15PP
4 289-1793 EAPA KITS 10K
53 289-1575 TP Adapters
5 WACS-1
2 4230-A Workstations
All necessary cables included.
This follows by two weeks another large donation of materilas from R. W.
Evans in Cranston, RI. Included in this donation of assorted items,
which also comprised a full truck load, were fully operating Wang VS-5,
VS-6 and VS-15 systems plus assorted documentation, peripherals, software
and micro-computer items.
On the 30th, a long awaited item arrived by tuck freight from Pat Street
in Orlando, Florida. We now have a fully operable, one owner 1981
Wangwriter with software and manuals.
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